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Toby Robertson Biography (1928-)

Born Sholto David Maurice Robertson, November 29, 1928, in Chelsea, London, England; son of David Lambert (a naval officer) and Felicity Douglas (a playwright; maiden name, Tomlin) Robertson; married Jane McCulloch, June, 1964 (divorced, 1981); children: Sebastian, Francesca, Sasha, Joshua. Addresses: Office--Theatr Clwyd, Clwyd CU7 1YA, N. Wales.; Agent--International Creative Management, 388 Oxford St., London W1, England.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

November 29, 1928

Chelsea, London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE DIRECTOR; BRITISH TOURING PRODUCTIONS FOR THE PROSPECT THEATRE COMPANY
• The Soldier's Fortune, 1964.
• You Never Can Tell, 1964.
• The Confederacy, 1964.
• The Importance of Being Earnest, 1964.
• The Square, 1965.
• Howard's End, 1965.
• The Man of Mode, 1965.
• Macbeth, 1966.
• The Tempest, 1966.
• The Gamecock, 1966.
• A Murder of No Importance, 1967.
• A Room with a View, 1967.
• Twelfth Night, 1968.
• No Man's Land, 1968.
• The Beggar's Opera, 1968.
• The Servant of Two Masters, 1968.
• Edward II, 1969.
• Much Ado About Nothing, 1970.
• Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1970.
• Venice Preserved, 1970.
• King Lear, 1971.
• Love's Labour's Lost, 1971.
• Alice in Wonderland, 1971.
• Richard III, 1972.
• Ivanov, 1972.
• Twelfth Night, 1973.
• The Grand Tour, 1973.
• Pericles, 1973.
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun, 1973.
• The Pilgrim's Progress, 1974.
• A Month in the Country, 1974.
• Several of Robertson's productions for the Prospect Theatre Company wereperformed in London and at the Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Credits; OTHER STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• The Iceman Cometh, New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, England, 1958.
• The Lower Depths, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1960.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scottish Opera Company, 1972.
• The Beggar's Opera, Phoenix Opera Company, 1972.
• Hermiston, Scottish Opera Company, 1975.
• The Marriage of Figaro, Scottish Opera Company, 1977.
• War Music, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1977.
• Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1977.
• Buster, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1977.
• Antony and Cleopatra, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1977.
• Twelfth Night, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1978.
• Great English Eccentrics, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1978.
• Ivanov, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1978.
• King Lear, Prospect Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1978.
• Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre Company (formerly Prospect Theatre Company), OldVic Theatre, 1979.
• Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1979.
• The Government Inspector, Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1979.
• The Padlock, Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1979.
• The Trial of Queen Caroline, Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1979.
• Elisir D'Amore, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1982.
• Dido and Aeneas, Opera Company of Philadelphia, 1982.
• Oedipus Rex, Opera Company of Philadelphia, 1982.
• Night and Day, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1982-83.
• Pericles, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1983.
• The Tempest, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, OH, 1983-84.
• The Kiss, Wexford Opera Company, 1984.
• Love's Labour's Lost, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1984.
• Faust, Opera Company of Philadelphia, 1984.
• The Barber of Seville, New York City Opera, 1984.
• Barnaby and the Old Boys, Theatr Clwyd, North Wales, U.K., then NuffieldTheatre, Southampton, England, 1989.
• Also director of The Buskers, 1959, Pitlochry, 1962, Henry IV, 1963, Muirof Huntershill, 1963, and The Provok'd Wife, 1964. Directed opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1984; directed Richard II, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, and Measure for Measure, Beijing People's ArtsTheatre, Beijing, China.
• Director of productions at Theatr Clwyd between 1985 and 1989, includingMedea (then Young Vic Theatre, London), Taming of the Shrew (then Haymarket Theatre, London), You Never Can Tell (then Haymarket Theatre), Edward III, Captain Carvallo, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Old Devils, and Othello.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS; DIRECTOR
• Love's Labor's Lost, Prospect Theatre Company, Australian cities, 1971.
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Prospect Theatre Company, Moscow, Leningrad, and Hong Kong, 1973.
• Hamlet, Prospect Theatre Company, Elsinore, Denmark, and cities in Republic of China, 1979-80.
• Also directed Great English Eccentrics, Moscow, Hong Kong, and Australiancities.
• Credits; FILM WORK
• Assistant director, Lord of the Flies, Continental, 1963.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK
• Director of more than twenty-five productions for television, including The Beggar's Opera, Richard II, and Edward II.